A44344:1424
A comment upon Christ's last prayer in the seventeenth of John wherein is opened…
A comment upon Christ's last prayer in the seventeenth of John wherein is opened the union believers have with God and Christ, and the glorious privileges thereof ... / by that faithful and known servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Hooker ... ; printed from the authors own papers written with his own hand, and attested to be such in an epistle by Thomas Goodwin and Philip Nigh.A comment upon Christ's last prayer in the seventeenth of John wherein is opened the union beleevers have with God and Christ, and the glorious priviledges thereof ... / by that faithful and known servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Hooker ... ; printed from the authors own papers written with his own hand, and attested to be such in an epistle by Thomas Goodwin and Philip Nye.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
So here: The Wisdom of the God-head, is like the Light reflecting upon it self, there is a like Image of it self returned again, and conceived. This being conceived, as it had all from the Father, so it eyes, and answers all in the Father conceiving.
So here: The Wisdom of the God-head, is like the Light reflecting upon it self, there is a like Image of it self returned again, and conceived. This being conceived, as it had al from the Father, so it eyes, and answers al in the Father conceiving.
A man may understand a Truth, but when by understanding, he darts it upon his mind to enlighten, and so teach and rectify: The mind receives, and stands rectified, and enlightened The Understanding is one thing, but the darting by Understanding, rectifying, and enlightening; the mind returning, and standing rectified, these are divers manners really distinct, and directly answering each the other in a peculiar manner.
A man may understand a Truth, but when by understanding, he darts it upon his mind to enlighten, and so teach and rectifie: The mind receives, and stands rectified, and enlightened The Understanding is one thing, but the darting by Understanding, rectifying, and enlightening; the mind returning, and standing rectified, these are divers manners really distinct, and directly answering each the other in a peculiar manner.
Thus our Saviour is said to manifest the Name of the Father, not his Name as God, but as Father. As I said before: The Light is not the cause of the reflecting, or returning; but one of these, is the cause of the other: reflecting is the cause of returning, and returning is the cause of reflecting.
Thus our Savior is said to manifest the Name of the Father, not his Name as God, but as Father. As I said before: The Light is not the cause of the reflecting, or returning; but one of these, is the cause of the other: reflecting is the cause of returning, and returning is the cause of reflecting.